### 5.1 Understanding where to modify formats

The specifications that determine what your output looks like are available in format configuration files. These files contain default format definitions for nearly all DITA elements, with variations (such as indentation) for different contexts. DITA2Go reads these specifications to prepare CSS files that ultimately determine the appearance of HTML output, or RTF files for RTF output.

Master format configuration files are located in directory %OMSYSHOME%\d2g\system\formats:

Default HTML formats | Default RTF formats
    d2htm_formats.ini
    d2rtf_formats.ini
    d2htm_subformats.ini
    d2rtf_subformats.ini
    d2htm_tables.ini
    d2rtf_tables.ini

The corresponding user-modifiable format configuration files are located in directory %OMSYSHOME%\d2g\local\formats:

Local HTML formats | Local RTF formats
    local_d2htm_formats.ini
    local_d2rtf_formats.ini
    local_d2htm_subformats.ini
    local_d2rtf_subformats.ini
    local_d2htm_tables.ini
    local_d2rtf_tables.ini

Text-format configuration files specific to the DITA Test Suite are located in directory %OMSYSHOME%\demo\DITATestSuite\_config:

DITA Test Suite HTML text formats | DITA Test Suite RTF text formats
    dts_htm_formats.ini
    dts_rtf_formats.ini

You will need to inspect the master files, but do not modify them. See §39.4.5 Editing a format configuration file.

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